> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dain Sundstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Monday, December 1, 2003, at 03:25 PM, Cabrera, Alan wrote:
>
> > NTLoginModule and SolarisLoginModule are provided by Sun in
> JDK1.4 as
> > part
> > of the JAAS distribution.
>
> I looked at these are they are very disappointing. All they
> do is get
> you the username the current java process is running as.
You are correct. Let me clarify that I mention these two LoginModules as an
example of LoginModules that contain multiple kinds of Principals.
> You can not
> get a windows security ticket that the server could then verify. As
> for Solaris (or any unix) I don't think there is anything
> like a ticket
> unless the admins are using Kerbos and even then I don't know
> of anyway
> to get the OS to give you a ticket for the currently logged in user
> (which means they need to type in username and password
> again). Maybe
> someone who knows more about unix security can comment on the
> state of
> single sign on.
Kerberos is the ticket. ;)
Regards,
Alan
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